Adult Education & Project-Based Learning

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Oxford Hills MARTI Group Discussion Book

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Discuss ISTE book, Reinventing Project-Based Learning by Suzie Boss & Jane Krauss


Section I ANTICIPATION


Chapter 1 Mapping the Journey - Seeing the Big Picture


Chapter 2 Creating a Professional Learning Community

  • PLCs
  • Online Communities

Section II PACKING UP


Chapter 3 Imagining the Possibilities


Chapter 4 Strategies for Discovery

  • Track Assets Online

Chapter 5 Project Management Strategies for Teachers and Learnings

  • Project Management with Technology Google Forms/Spreadsheets

Section III NAVIGATING THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE


Chapter 6 Project Launch - Implementation Strategies


Chapter 7 A Guiding Hand - Keeping a Project Moving

Section IV EXPANDING YOUR CIRCLE


Chapter 8 Building Connections and Branching Out

Chapter 9 Making Assessment Meaningful
  • Online Grade Books

Chapter 10 Celebrating and Reflecting

Section V UNPACKING


Chapter 11 Bring It Home
  • Reflecting/Debriefing/Reviewing
  • Learning Journey
  • Share Insights with Colleagues
  • Personal Learning - Insights Through Reflection - to inform next project
  • What might have done better next time?
  • Where next?
  • Are there content-free elements that can be incorporated in another project?
  • Thinking beyond classtime
  • Engaging students
  • Connections/Chaning Theme
  • Evidence of Student Understanding?
  • Review Student Artifacts
  • Sharing Insights
  • Become a resource for colleagues
  • Enter a contest
  • Enjoy the Journey
  • Join the Blogosphere
  • This final section/chapter (V-11) speaks to the importance on reflecting on the completed project, looking to the future, and sharing with others. What went right? What might be improved? How can connections be made?


APPENDIXES


A. Essential Learning with Digital Tools, the Internet, and Web 2.0

Ubiquity

Deep Learning
  • Primary Resources
  • Real-Time Data
  • Web-based Tools for Making Sense of Data

Making Things Visible and Discuss-able
  • Maps and More
  • Words into Visual Arrays
  • Webcams
  • Mind Mapping
  • Photographs Online
  • Virtual Manipulative and Modeling Software
  • Concept Modeling


Expressing Ourselves, Sharing Ideas, Building Community
  • Regular Web Sites
  • Blogs for Building Community


Collaboration - Teaching and Learning with Others
  • Engage Experts
  • Engage Other Learners
  • Hold Virtual Meetings
  • Connect Through Webinars
  • Talk Over the Computer
  • Collaborate

Research

Project Management


Reflection and Iteration


B. National Educational technology Standards for Students (NETS•S)
C. Reading Group Guide (See Book)
D. Bibliography (See Book)

Other Resources